Tashila Pathum Bandara
Senior Software Engineer · Native Android Engineer · Colombo, Sri Lanka · builds in Kotlin, ships on Play, writes the backend too.
Seven years of Android, from Java and XML through Compose and Multiplatform, and 15+ apps shipped to over 200,000 users. I like the parts other people skip: drawing a whole UI on a Canvas because Material wouldn't do, offline-first data, and background work that survives OEM battery managers.
Experience
2023 —
PAYable (Pvt) Ltd
Senior Software Engineer since 2025 — overseeing every mobile project shipped to 40k+ merchants and leading a team of five. Team Lead for Mobile 2024–25, owning Dynamic Currency Conversion for the POS apps. Joined 2023 as a Software Engineer on the Link Payment module, PAYable Tap for NFC, and Android apps for handheld POS devices with NFC and printing.
2021 — 23
Founder & Owner, Tantalum Technologies (Pvt) Ltd
Full development life-cycle for 10+ clients — requirements through to Google Play. Frontend in Java and Kotlin, backend on Firebase, UI design in Adobe XD. Monetisation through Play in-app billing, ads and IdeaMart.
2020 — 21
Android Developer Intern, Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Built demo apps, fixed bugs and shipped minor features alongside senior developers.
Education & certificates
2018 — 23
BSc Information Technology (BIT)
University of Colombo School of Computing
2025
EF SET English Certificate — C1 Advanced
Equivalent to IELTS 7.0–8.0
2020
English for Professionals — Advanced Level
University of Peradeniya · merit pass
Right now
Compose Multiplatform for a shared KMP core · Open-source Android libraries · learning German.